New York S 6513: Establishes a task force on ensuring black people today have an equitable position in education, economic development and other fields and disciplines

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Establishes a task force on the issues facing black people since the end of slavery in the United States and holistic solutions to ensure that black people have an equitable position in education, economic development and other fields and disciplines.

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03/17/2025REFERRED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6513

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 17, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

 AN ACT in relation to establishing a task force on ensuring black people
 have an equitable position in education, economic development and
 other fields and disciplines

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. 1. There is hereby established a task force on the issues
 2 facing black people since the end of slavery in the United States and
 3 holistic solutions to ensure that black people have an equitable posi-
 4 tion in education, economic development and other fields and disci-
 5 plines.
 6 2. (a) The task force shall be composed of nine members who shall be
 7 appointed within 90 days after the effective date of this act, as
 8 follows:
 9 (i) three members shall be appointed by the governor;
 10 (ii) two members shall be appointed by the speaker of the assembly;
 11 (iii) two members shall be appointed by the temporary president of the
 12 senate;
 13 (iv) one member shall be appointed by the minority leader of the
 14 assembly; and
 15 (v) one member shall be appointed by the minority leader of the
 16 senate.
 17 (b) All members of the task force shall be persons who are especially
 18 qualified to serve on the task force by virtue of their education,
 19 training, or experience, particularly in the field of African-American
 20 studies.
 21 (c) The task force shall elect a chairperson from among its members.
 22 (d) The members of the task force shall receive no compensation for
 23 their services as members, but shall be reimbursed for their actual and
 24 necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10972-01-5

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 1 3. (a) The task force may, for the purpose of carrying out the
 2 provisions of this act, hold such hearings and sit and act at such times
 3 and at such places in the United States, as the task force considers
 4 appropriate.
 5 (b) The task force mission may acquire directly from the head of any
 6 department, agency, or instrumentality of the state, available informa-
 7 tion which the task force considers useful in the discharge of its
 8 duties. All departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the state
 9 shall cooperate with the task force with respect to such information and
 10 shall furnish all information requested by the task force to the extent
 11 permitted by law.
 12 4. The task force shall submit a written report of its findings and
 13 recommendations to the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of
 14 the assembly, the minority leaders of the senate and the assembly and
 15 the governor not later than the first of January second succeeding the
 16 effective date of this act.
 17 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 18 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

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